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Onthophilinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Onthophilinae MacLeay
1995Onthophilinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Onthophilinae Bouchard et al.
2015Onthophilinae Caterino et al. p. 241
2020Onthophilinae Jiang et al.
2021Onthophilinae Caterino p. 212
2022Onthophilinae Cai et al.
2023Onthophilinae Caterino and Yamamoto p. 433
2024Onthophilinae Simon-Pražák et al. p. 16
2025Onthophilinae Li et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHisteroideaGyllenhal 1808
familyHisteridaeGyllenhal 1808
subfamilyOnthophilinaeMacLeay 1819
subfamilyOnthophilinaeMacLeay 1819

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Onthophilinae MacLeay 1819
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G. †Carinumerus Caterino 2021
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†Carinumerus intricatus Caterino and Yamamoto 2023
†Carinumerus maddisoni Caterino 2021
†Carinumerus yingae Jiang et al. 2020
G. †Cretonthophilus Caterino et al. 2015
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†Cretonthophilus tuberculatus Caterino et al. 2015
G. †Fantosmium Li et al. 2025
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†Fantosmium qizhihaoi Li et al. 2025
G. Onthophilus Leach 1817
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†Onthophilus intermedius Handschin 1944
Onthophilus striatus Forster 1771
G. †Phasmister Caterino 2021
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†Phasmister cristatus Caterino 2021
†Phasmister hkamticus Caterino and Yamamoto 2023
†Phasmister kraliceki Simon-Pražák et al. 2024
†Phasmister parallelus Caterino and Yamamoto 2023
†Phasmister planatus Simon-Pražák et al. 2024
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 113.20000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 110.1 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Myanmar (Sagaing) Phasmister hkamticus (231947)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Carinumerus sp., Phasmister hkamticus (237749) Cretonthophilus tuberculatus (123053) Fantosmium qizhihaoi (161726) Onthophilus yingae (201881) Phasmister cristatus, Carinumerus maddisoni (220828) Phasmister kraliceki (230015) Phasmister parallelus, Carinumerus intricatus, Phasmister planatus (222694)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France Onthophilus intermedius (160865)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Onthophilus striatus (169389)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Onthophilus striatus (168264 168265 168268 168270 168272)